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| Bollywood star Salman Khan is due in court in India to appeal against his sentence for poaching. | Bollywood star Salman Khan is due in court in India to appeal against his sentence for poaching. |
| Khan will be appealing against a five-year jail term, issued in April 2006 for hunting gazelle, a protected species, on a trip in Rajasthan state. | Khan will be appealing against a five-year jail term, issued in April 2006 for hunting gazelle, a protected species, on a trip in Rajasthan state. |
| The same court had convicted him in February 2006 for killing two black bucks, a protected antelope species, during a hunting trip in 1998. | The same court had convicted him in February 2006 for killing two black bucks, a protected antelope species, during a hunting trip in 1998. |
| Khan, one of Bollywood's top actors, is on bail and denies wrongdoing. | Khan, one of Bollywood's top actors, is on bail and denies wrongdoing. |
| A court in Jodhpur found him guilty of killing a gazelle in September 1998 while he was shooting a film in the area. | A court in Jodhpur found him guilty of killing a gazelle in September 1998 while he was shooting a film in the area. |
| The poaching cases are not Salman Khan's only brush with the law. He is also facing trial in Mumbai (Bombay) in a 2002 hit-and-run case. | |
| One person was killed and three others injured when Khan allegedly drove into a group of homeless people sleeping on a pavement. | One person was killed and three others injured when Khan allegedly drove into a group of homeless people sleeping on a pavement. |
| Khan faces 10 charges, including causing death by negligent driving which carries two years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty on all counts. | Khan faces 10 charges, including causing death by negligent driving which carries two years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty on all counts. |